Re: Repeater's Demise

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

Hedewa7@aol.com wrote:

> did not really 'drop the ball'; i believe that it's quite a bit more
> complicated than that, what w/the involvement of parent companies and 
>all.....

Oh, believe me, I know that there were a lot of talented people at 
Electrix, and
they did a great job at creating the looper that I chose as my main 
looper.  I
don't know if it was the parent company (IVL) or upper managment at 
Electrix, but
there was a constant flow of missinformation coming out of that company.

> >I remember a bunch
> >of us offering to go to local music shops all over the world to do
> >demos, and the offer was ignored.  Why?  When your customers are
> >offering free help for your marketing and you turn them down, you don't
> >deserve to be in business.
> well.....
> that's a bit harsh.

But is it harsh?  This product meant a lot to me, as it did a lot of us.  
All of
us, for that matter, even the ones that did not choose it.  Another 
successful
looper on the market is good for all of us.  No doubt.  I see the crap that
happens in my company, and others that I've worked for.  Upper managment 
making
uninformed and arbitary desicions about things mostly based on their 
hubris.
Rather than defer to someone who knows what's going on, they'll spit 
something
out and then let the engineering dept clean up the mess.  My motto here is,
"Don't puke on me then tell me I stink."  The short story is Elextrix 
didn't get
the word out, for no good reason.

> >Still, the Repeater was an amazing beast.
> it's *still* fun and useful, here.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I have no plans to ditch my Repeater.  It's a great
little box, and until it dies it will probably have a space in my rack.

> >To have a looper as the sole product of a decent sized company is
> >suicide though, IMO.
> in that, i hope you'll be proven wrong, one day.
> best,
> dt / splattercell

Amen to that brother.

Mark